Fields of Fire (miniseries)

Fields of Fire
Based on novel Cane by Robert Donaldson.
Written by Miranda Downes
Robert Marchand
Directed by Robert Marchand
Starring Todd Boyce
Melissa Docker
Kris McQuade
Nicholas Hammond
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 2 x 2 hours
Production
Producer(s) David Elfick
Steve Knapman
Budget $4 million[1]
Release
Original network Nine Network
Original release 14 June 1987 – 15 June 1987

Fields of Fire is a 1987 Australian mini series about cane cutters in Queensland just prior to and during World War Two.

Plot

In 1938 Englishman Bluey arrives in the north Queensland town of Silkwood. Two sisters are interested in him, Kte and Dusty. Their mother is Sikwood's matriarch.

Production

The budget was $4 million, $150,000 of which came from the Queensland Film Corporation.[2] It was shot in Ulmarra, Yamba and Clarence River.[1]

Fields of Fire II

Fields of Fire II
Based on storyline by David Elfick
Robert Marchand
Written by Patricia Johnson
Directed by Robert Marchand
David Elfick
Starring Todd Boyce
Melissa Docker
Anne Louise Lambert
Joseph Spano
Nicholas Hammond
No. of episodes 2 x 2 hours
Production
Producer(s) David Elfick
Irene Korol
Budget $3.75 million[1]
Release
Original network Nine Network
Original release 22 May 1988

Fields of Fire II is a 1988 sequel set in the late 1940s.

Plot

In 1946 Franco becomes a black marketeer and marries Gina. Bluey marries Dusty after the war.

Fields of Fire III

Fields of Fire III
Written by Patricia Johnson
Directed by David Elfick
Irene Korol
Starring Peta Toppano
Noni Hazlehurst
Nicholas Hammond
No. of episodes 2 x 2 hours
Release
Original network Nine Network
Original release 16 July 1989

There was a third Fields of Fire in 1988 which dealt with the story in the 1950s.

Plot

In 1951 Gina and her brother Paolo are successful cane growers. Gina is attracted to Rinaldo. The Menzies government holds an anti-communist referendum.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p193-194
  2. Roan Callick, "AFTER A DECADE, THE FILM CORPORATION FINALLY FADES TO BLACK", Australian Financial Review, 22 October 1987 p 2

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